Authors: Arun katuwal, Masinde Masinde, Jonathan Malangoni, Ahmed Mursalat
Structure, Materials, Manufacturing
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Background
An Optical Fiber is a flexible, transparent fiber made of extruded glass(silica) or plastic which is slightly thicker than human hair. It is smililar to the light pipe that is used to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber.Optical Fiber is mainly used in CommuacationCommunication, power Transmission, sensors and a lot of other things.
Optical fibers are more popular than the classic metal wires due to the fact that they seem to be able to transfer information at long ranges, with lower loss of data and are not effected by electromagnetic interferences, due to the fact that they are basically acting as a guide to light waves. Light is guided through the materials by using the principle of refraction, which makes this possible.
Optical Fiber currently known as the fastest means for transfering data. But What exactly is used to make Optical Fiber. What are the materials used. And how are these manaufactured?
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